State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is urging Corporate Jamaica to sponsor more robotics and science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) initiatives to benefit the youth. He made the call while addressing members of the Jamaica College (JC) Robotics team on Friday (April 28), on the occasion of their outstanding performance...

Jamaica’s south coast tourism offerings and experience are becoming increasingly diverse and expansive. This, according to Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who says the region has undergone significant development and transformation over the years to become a “phenomenal” destination for travellers’ seeking warm hospitality as well as an authentic Jamaican experience. He was addressing journalists following a Destination Assurance tour...

The Thompson Town Health Centre in Clarendon will be receiving $4 million in support over a four-year period under the Adopt-a-Clinic Programme. Details of the support, being provided by diaspora group Caribbean Angels Inc., were announced at a formal adoption ceremony held at the public-health facility on April 28. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to use secure channels to share information with law-enforcement officers about wrongdoings. The call came from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, when he handed over three social houses at Goodwin Park Road, Campbell Town, Central Kingston, recently. “Do it smartly. You know who you can trust and who you can’t trust and there are...

Jamaica Red Cross and the Immaculate Conception High School Symphony Orchestra will benefit from the staging of a concert, dubbed ’Beyond Boundaries’, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Chapel, Mona Campus, on Thursday (May 4) beginning at 6:30 p.m. The performers will be the Julliard-trained Renaissance String Quartet of New York (NY), comprising violinists Randall Goosby and Jeremiah...

The Government remains committed to providing an enabling framework to support the conservation and management of the country’s natural ecosystems to build climate resilience and promote a sustainable blue economy. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in making the declaration noted that strides have been made in this regard....

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the constitution is being Jamaicanised as a critical part of the process to transition the country from a monarchy to a republic.  “What that means is that we want the Constitution to be passed by the Parliament of Jamaica,  approved by the people of Jamaica. What we have was not...